hank
a skein, as of thread or yarn.
a definite length of thread or yarn: A hank of cotton yarn measures 840 yards.
a coil, knot, or loop: a hank of hair.
Nautical. a ring, link, or shackle for securing the luff of a staysail or jib to its stay or the luff or head of a gaff sail to the mast or gaff.
Nautical. to fasten (a sail) by means of hanks.
Origin of hank
1Other words from hank
- un·hanked, adjective
Words Nearby hank
Other definitions for Hank (2 of 2)
a male given name, form of Henry.
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How to use hank in a sentence
Ladies are encouraged to celebrate fall while mixing and mingling at the Up Bar and outdoor patio space of hank’s Oyster Bar.
I was a bit bothered when hank didn’t seem to believe in objective truth.
One night, hank and his older brother, Rex, got into an argument about the nature of truth.
You went to Montana to live deliberately, à la hank, and you’ve been deliberate indeed.
She made headlines last week by accusing hank’s team of offering her $5 million to drop out of the race – an allegation hank denied.
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Ex-AIG CEO Maurice ‘hank’ Greenberg is in court seeking $40 billion from the government over its massive bailout.
Remember the $182 Billion AIG Bailout? It Just Wasn’t Generous Enough | Daniel Gross | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd sitting down is a bald man who looks like hank from Breaking Bad.
The Holy Grail of Comic Books Hid in Plain Site at New York Comic Con | Sujay Kumar | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASThank was not hit but the U.S. soldier was shot multiple times in his legs.
Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can’t Get U.S. Visas | Christine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla | September 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"Palmer has earned the right to be a hero here," Orioles general manager hank Peters once said.
hank Aaron, Bob Gibson, Coleman Young—Wheeler wrote all their autobigraphies.
I held up my two hands and she put the hank over them, and went on talking about her and her husband's matters.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)She went and got the lump of lead and fetched it back, and brought along a hank of yarn which she wanted me to help her with.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)Smith and Godby were on one hank, and Wheeler, cautiously feeling his way, hung dangerously upon the other.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolanhank Butts sat midway down on the deck-house, yawning as though he would like to turn in.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants | H. Irving HancockSkipper Tom Halstead now came forward, though he did not take the wheel from hank.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants | H. Irving Hancock
British Dictionary definitions for hank
/ (hæŋk) /
a loop, coil, or skein, as of rope, wool, or yarn
nautical a ringlike fitting that can be opened to admit a stay for attaching the luff of a sail
a unit of measurement of cloth, yarn, etc, such as a length of 840 yards (767 m) of cotton or 560 yards (512 m) of worsted yarn
(tr) nautical to attach (a sail) to a stay by hanks
Origin of hank
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